Maud Daverio Cox: Farewell to a heroine

She leaves a tremendous legacy of civic courage, solidarity and genuine commitment to the defense of human rights. Never will be forgotten the time she confronted Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet at the assembly of the Inter-American Press Association in Santiago, Chile, and, looking him straight to the face, called him «murderer».

Messenger on a White Horse

Roberto Alvarez: «The missing were the central theme of the IACHR»

Roberto Álvarez, a lawyer from the Dominican Republic, was part of the Executive Secretariat of the International Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) as the main human rights specialist from 1976 to 1978. He was in charge, among others, of Argentina's report during the period of military dictatorship of the de facto government led by Jorge Rafael Videla.

Human Rights and Economic Policy Under the Argentine Military Dictatorship, 1976-1983

The conflict between a liberal economic agenda and a politics of repression appeared throughout the Argentine military dictatorship. Tensions between the junta’s pro-market and political agendas surfaced in various economic policies, such as international trade. During the dictatorship, Argentina increased trade with countries in the Soviet sphere: of the ninety-nine bilateral economic agreements signed between 1976 and 1983, thirty were with Soviet countries, China, or Cuba. Cases such as that of the military dictatorship suggest how domestic politics—especially the politics of human rights—can become intertwined with, opposed, and shaped by economic interests.